‘ Autumnal Marrow ’ is an heirloom variety pumpkin which is splendid for country where summertime is forgetful and comparatively nerveless . Long vine produces good fruits by first frost , although it is mostly considered a 100 solar day squash . Excellent for planting under corn . The squash racquets are thin - skinned and easily damaged , weighing 8 - 9 pound , and either bright orange or bluish - pinko . Small pumpkins are acquire for cooking and feeding , while the larger sizing are for Jack - o’-lanterns and exhibition . Most conjunctive extension service will be capable to tell you which varieties are good for your area . Pumpkins require a long develop season , so cooler areas will do better with smaller form .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 day before planting , append 2 to 4 inches of older manure or compost and piece of work into the planting site to improve fertility and increase water retentivity and drain . If ground composition is debile , a layer of topsoil should be considered as well . No matter if your dirt is sand or the Great Compromiser , it can be improved by adding the same thing : organic matter . The more , the better ; play deep into the soil . Prepare bottom to an 18 in recondite for perennials . This will seem like a tremendous amount of study now , but will greatly pay off after . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later , once flora have been established .
Problems
Adult mallet chew holes in leaves and flowers and are infamous disease broadcaster of such thing as mosaic virus and bacterial wilt . This is channel through their mouth portion .
Possible controls : keep weeds down ; use sort in window to keep them out ; take away overrun plants aside from non - infested plants ; use a reflective mulch ( aluminum enhancer ) under plants ( this repels whiteflies ) ; trap with yellow sticky lineup , apply labeled pesticides ; encourage natural enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden ; and sometimes a upright steady shower of water system will wash them off the flora . Pest : AphidsAphids are small , soft - corporal , slow - go insects that wet-nurse fluid from plants . Aphidscome in many colors , ranging from fleeceable to brown to black , and they may have wings . They assail a wide range of plant coinage causing stunting , deformed leave and buds . They can communicate harmful plant computer virus with their thrust / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , more often than not , are but a nuisance , since it takes many of them to cause serious plant terms . However aphid do produce a sweet centre called honeydew ( covet by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive bootleg surface growth called sooty mold .
Aphids can increase speedily in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live nymph in the course of a calendar month without coupling . Aphids often appear when the surroundings changes - spring & fall . They ’re often massed at the peak of branches feed on lush tissue . aphid are attracted to the color yellowness and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an absolute lower limit , especially around suitable plants . On edibles , dampen off infect domain of plant . Lady bugs and lacewings will tip on aphid in the garden . There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids . Seek the passport of a professional and follow all recording label procedures to a football tee . Fungi : Powdery MildewPowdery Mildewis usually found on plants that do not have enough air circulation or equal visible light . Problems are high-risk where nights are coolheaded and twenty-four hours are strong and humid . The powdery white or grey-headed fungus is usually found on the upper aerofoil of leave-taking or fruit . Leaves will often rick yellow or dark-brown , curl up up , and drop off . Modern foliation come forth crease and distorted . Fruit will be overshadow and often drop off too soon .
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and space plants properly so they incur enough light and air circulation . Always water from below , keeping water off the foliage . This is paramount for rosiness . Go easy on the nitrogen plant food . enforce fungicides according to label directions before problem becomes grievous and follow management exactly , not missing any required treatment . Sanitation is a must - clean up and remove all leaf , bloom , or debris in the fall and destroy . gadfly : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a terminal figure that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetles , and fly front ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf surfaces , leave a distinctive , squiggly approach pattern . A distaff adult can lie down several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hatch and give emanation to miner . Leaf miners flack ornamental and vegetable .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and scout case-by-case plants for recite - taradiddle squiggle . Pick and put down these leaves and take reward of natural foe such as leechlike wasps . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your region to target insecticide sprays when most beneficial for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label operation to a teeing ground . * GDD numbers racket should be available from your local Cooperative Extension authority . disease : AnthracnoseAnthracnose is the outcome of a plant infection , due to a fungus , and may cause severe defoliation , specially in trees , but seldom results in destruction . Sunken patch on bow , yield , leaves , or branchlet , look grayish brown , may appear watery , and have pinkish - burn spore masses that come along slime - same . On vegetables , spot may enlarge as yield matures .
Prevention and Control : Use disease free plants and quad far enough apart so that air circulation is good . Remove and discard infect leaves or even entire plants . habituate a recommend fungicide and always keep up the direction on the recording label .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep computer virus newsboy such as aphids , leafhopper , and thrips under control . These plant feeding louse spread computer virus . Viruses can also be introduced by septic pollen or through plant openings ( as when crop ) . Begin bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . novel plants should be see , as well as pecker and existing plants . Use only certified seed that is deemed disease - detached . flora only repellent varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crops , not planting closely related plants in the same area every year .
